>From: Weiben Wang <wwang@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: asking for the bathroom
>Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 07:47:54 -0700
>
>Having grown up in the US, I've always hated squat toilets, although in
>Taiwan they are at least porcelain, flush, and generally quite clean. As a
>man, through the judicious use of the sit-commode before leaving the house
>I can generally avoid actually having to squat over the squat toilets. My
>recent female traveling companion wasn't so lucky, but she got used to it.
>She did have to figure out which way to face (as a child I learned the hard
>way that boys really ought to pee facing the little hood) and how to
>balance on her heals without dropping things into it. She did lose a pair
>of sunglasses.
>
>I have always complained bitterly about squat toilets to my mother, whose
>response has always been, "But they're more sanitary. You don't have to
>touch the toilet seat," which makes perfect sense if you think about it,
>particularly in China where the smell alone could give you a bladder
>infection.
>
>This is all way OT, so back to your regularly scheduled programming...
>
>-Weiben
>
>On Fri, 01 June 2001, Adam Walker wrote:
>
> >
> > We still have squattie potties here in Taiwan. They're flush squatties,
>but
> > they're squatties. Mind you, private residences have Western-style
>toilets
> > but most older public places have squatties. And toilet paper is NOT
> > provided. Cary your own!
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > >From: Weiben Wang <wwang@...>
> > >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> > >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> > >Subject: Re: asking for the bathroom
> > >Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:25:59 -0700
> > >
> > >And I still have vivid memories from age seven in 1973 of using the
>(squat)
> > >privies on a commune in China that emptied into a giant vat where the
> > >nightsoil was supposed to compost for some time. That and the chamber
>pot.
> > > <Shudder>
> > >
> > >-Weiben
> > >
> > >On Fri, 01 June 2001, "H. S. Teoh" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:07:26PM -0400, Douglas Koller, Latin &
>French
> > >wrote:
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > When I lived in mainland China (albeit twelve years ago),
>"nightsoil"
> > > > > carts were a common sight, carrying waste from downtown into the
> > > > > surrounding countryside where the crudit?s were grown. This is
>also
> > > > > why most mainlanders recoil in horror at the mere soup?on of a
>hint
> > > > > of a suggestion of eating vegetables raw (you can claim you've
>washed
> > > > > them thoroughly until the cows come home). "Salad, anyone?"
> > > > > "Waaaaaaaa~~~~!" "Okay, okay. Come in off the ledge."
> > > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > LOL!! Although I've grown up in a family that, not surprisingly,
> > > > emphasized that all vegetables must be cooked, I've never really
>known
> > >why
> > > > (beyond the usual hygienic reasons) this was so. Now I know :-P
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > T
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the
>day
> > >they
> > > > start making vacuum cleaners... -- Slashdotter
> >
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